Digital Humanities

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MA

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Part Time, Full Time

| Admissions status: Open
The MA in the Digital Humanities assists students to develop the analytical and practical skills that will enable them to understand and apply computing to the source materials and problems of the humanities. Its subject matter comprises formal methods and techniques and the consequences and implications of applying them. Instruction includes lectures, demonstrations, and practical classes and exercises.

Arts & Humanities graduate class
KEY BENEFITS
  • The MA in Digital Humanities opens up career opportunities within cultural heritage institutions such as museums, libraries, and archives; publishing houses; multimedia and new media companies; social media oriented advertisement; PR companies and other creative industries as well as providing a solid foundation for doctoral research.
  • Study at the Department of Digital Humanities, the largest most prestigious department in its field.
  • Learn application of digital tools and methods to the textual, visual and material data of the humanities.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Elena Pierazzo, 020 7848 1949
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus.
Student destinations
Alumni of the MA in Digital Humanities have followed a number of different routes; they have pursued careers in the academic and research sector, they have undertaken PhD studies, and they have found work in the cultural heritage industries, in publishing houses, and in web based businesses in London and overseas.
Year of entry 2013
Offered by
Maughan Library